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【题目】LAS VEGAS — It was different in the light of day.

There was no ‘pop, pop, pop’ of gunfire, no screams. Just a quiet lot of cars abandoned by those, like Kassidy Owen, who escaped with their lives.

“It’s strange to hear the silence,” Owen said, “because all I remember was the noise.”

The 22-year-old was one of dozens of concertgoers who returned to the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival on Wednesday morning to fetch the vehicles they left behind as they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.

Survivors of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday needed their cars to move on with their lives — to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them, when joy and celebration and music turned into killing and horror.

Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.

Owen had run to her car to hide and had tried to drive away, but she couldn’t. People were running, bodies dropped to the ground, and cars bottlenecked in the parking lot. During a brief pause after more than 10 minutes of gunfire, she worried the lights of her SUV made everyone inside a shining target.

“They’re shooting again!” her best friend’s brother screamed. “‘Turn off the car!’”

That’s when she got out and fled.

“I just remember shutting the door and running,” Owen said.

Now, nearly three days later, she was back, sitting in the driver’s seat of her SUV. Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.

“You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.

【1】Why did Kassidy Owen return to the scene of terror?

A. To get back her car for daily life.

B. To show sympathy to the victims.

C. To search for her missing friends.

D. To look into the cause of the shooting.

【2】Where was the gunman when the mass shooting happened?

A. Behind a car. B. In the parking lot.

C. On the stage. D. In a tall building.

【3】Why did Owen keep hearing the gunshots in her head?

A. Because she had escaped being caught.

B. Because she wanted to find the gunman.

C. Because she couldn’t rid herself of those terrible scenes.

D. Because she had saved others’ lives by turning off the car.

【4】Where is the text probably taken from?

A. A story book. B. A newspaper.

C. A guide book. D. A research report.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文属于社会热点话题。本文主要介绍拉斯维加斯音乐会枪击事件。

【1】A

细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“…needed their cars to move on with their lives — to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them” 枪击事件的幸存者需要他们的汽车继续他们的生活——重返工作岗位，回到学校，回到家中,及第六段中“Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.” 在他们能够前进之前，他们必须回到他们认为他们将要死去的地方。分析这两处可知他们去那儿就是为了能恢复生活生活。故选A .

【2】D

. 细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“…they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.”注意这里的tower指的是a tall, narrow building。他们在街对面的曼德勒海湾赌场度假村大楼里出来的枪手的子弹下逃离的。选D（高大的建筑物里即塔里）

【3】C

　推理判断题。根据文章中的语句“Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.” 现在，过去了三天，她回来了，坐在她的SUV的驾驶座上。她的眼睛红肿。还要好久才忘记这一切。 “You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.你脑子里一直听到枪声。从这两处可知，枪击声不停地出现在Owen的脑海中是因为她无法忘掉自身经历的恐怖枪击场景。C项(因为她无法摆脱那些可怕的场面。)符合题意，故选C。

【4】B

推理判断题。由文章第一段结构和全文内容可知，这是介绍拉斯维加斯音乐会枪击事件，故其是选自新闻媒体，因此选B。